Blogs
WTO Trade Perspectives: South-South Cooperation is Key to Sustainable Growth
By Mr. Xiangchen Zhang, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) South-South cooperation — or cooperation among developing economies — holds a special place in my heart. Seven years ago, I had the honour to be involved in designing and establishing the...
The Case for Regional Cooperation in South Asian Higher Education
South Asia’s higher education sector has been growing, but education policy reforms have taken place largely in isolation at a country level. Photo credit: CRS PHOTO / Shutterstock.com South Asia is a region of contrasts. Despite the differences, the countries here...
Growing Interest in Joining BRICS Reflects Strengthening Cooperation Among Developing Countries, Paving the way for a More Equitable Global Order
By Liu Xin & Chen Zishuai for the Global Times. To access the original article, please click here. More developing countries have expressed interest in joining the BRICS ahead of a summit scheduled to be held in South Africa in August. Analysts said the expansion...
IFAD: Enhancing Productivity and Climate Adaptation through South-South Technology Transfer
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The Value of Strong Multilateral Cooperation in a Fractured World
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates the value of multilateralism. Human suffering was greatly reduced by collective actions such as the COVAX initiative to accelerate development and deployment of vaccines. The multilateral system, even in the face of heightened...
Triangular Development Partnerships are the Need of the Hour
Triangular partnerships can provide solutions to the most pressing challenges of today and play an important role in achieving the SDGs The rapid growth of developing countries, such as China and India, has led to dramatic changes in global trade, investment, and even...
Weaving Links to Strengthen Cross-Border Peace and Security in Central Africa
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India-UN Fund Sponsors Improvements in Clean Water Access in Mali
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South-South Cooperation: Accelerating the Global South’s March Towards the SDGs
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Renewable Energy Solutions Bring the Light of Hope to Municipalities in the North and Far North of Cameroon
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Promoting Partnerships and Leveraging Southern Expertise for Sustainable Rural Development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has been the focus of multilateral cooperation since its adoption in 2015. Seven years later, and despite the enormous progress achieved, global crises like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic seem to have curtailed...
When Renovations and Supplies Modify Behaviour
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FAO: Happy Cows Make for a Happy Farm in Uganda
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Article by H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Chairman of the IsDB Group, on UN Day for SSC: IsDB Supports Resilience and Sustainability through South-South Cooperation
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Stories by UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme: South-South Cooperation Enhances Climate Action Across Francophone Africa
Stories of the GEF Small Grants Programme, UNDP Initiatives Climat Launched at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change by two civil society organizations, AlliaDev and IGAPURA, Initiatives Climat is a South-South...
From Social Listening to Countering Misinformation: A Volunteer Reports on Addressing COVID-19 in Jordan
In this blog post originally posted by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Ms. Noran Adly, UNV Community Engagement Officer (International UN Volunteer), shares her experiences working with community engagement activities on a national campaign to eliminate the...
Scaling-up Digital Transformation through South-South Galaxy
By Xiaojun Grace Wang, Deputy Director, UNOSSC As we are about to close the chapter of Year 2021, all partners on South-South Galaxy should give applause to the virtual community that we have built together. This is a community that has significantly grown in sharing...
The Contribution of Diasporas from the North and the South to Local Development
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Blog: South-South and Triangular Cooperation for a Poverty-free Future
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Blog: Two Developments for South-South Trade and Investments Post-COVID-19
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Blog: IBRAF Fellowship Program Actively Engages Researchers with International Cooperation
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Blog: Accelerating Digital Transformation Through South-South and Triangular Cooperation
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Blog: Statisticians Connect for Impactful South-South Cooperation
By Eileen Capilit, Jessica Gardner and Rikke Munk Hassen South-South cooperation refers to technical cooperation among developing countries in the Global South. It is a tool used by countries, international organizations, academics, civil society, and the private...
Blog: Five Ways Data is Bolstering African Countries’ Resilience to the Pandemic and Other Global Shocks
By Jenny Oldfield, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data In recent years it’s become commonplace to hear the international community paying tribute to the importance of data for decision-making. Over the last twelve months, people have really felt it....
Blog: How to Combat Aid Ineffectiveness in a Fragile State? Haiti’s Promising Journey
By Mr. Marc Anglade, National Coordinator of the External Aid Mechanism, Haiti Between the earthquake of 12 January 2010 and a succession of devastating hurricanes thereafter, Haiti has appeared in the news often over the past decade. Beyond its high exposure to...
Blog: The HERstory of South-South Cooperation: International Women’s Day
By Xiaojun Grace Wang, Deputy Director, UNOSSC Many would trace the origin of South-South cooperation (SSC) to the landmark Asian-African Conference of Bandung in 1955, where developing nations laid the fundamental principles for cooperation. When visualizing that...
Blog: Readying Regional Trade Agreements for Future Crises and Pandemics
Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have heavily disrupted trade and supply chains, with many countries putting in place ad hoc trade-restrictive measures, seemingly without any concern about their effect on trading partners – at least during the early stages of...
Blog: World Cities Day 2020: South-South Cooperation among Cities to Co-create a More Sustainable Future
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Blog: Global South Researchers are Making Global Partnerships a Reality
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Blog: Emerging Lessons from Community-led COVID-19 Responses in Urban Areas
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